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Makatleho (Anna) Maseko cooks a pizza at Kasi Pizza, her garage-turned-pizza restaurant in Mautse, a township in the Free State province. PHOTO: MAXIMILIAN MURPHY '26/THE HAWK.

Township pizza spot runs on hard work, dreams

Hannah Pajtis and Lilli Dellheim '25 M.A. July 1, 2024

Mautse, South Africa - On the first day she opened Kasi Pizza at the end of 2022, Makatleho (Anna) Maseko sold every one of the 80 pizzas she had prepared in her small kitchen. Maseko operates Kasi...

The exterior of Bella Italia Pizza, located at 12 E. Lancaster Ave. in Ardmore,
Pa. PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

Bella Italia Pizza offers Philly a taste of New York

Michael Iannacito September 20, 2023

When you walk into Bella Italia in Ardmore, you are immediately hit with the smell and sights of a classic New York-style pizzeria. Bella Italia specializes in New York City-style pizza, which generally...

Angelo Pizza ’18 opened The Angelo Pizza in Old City. PHOTO: LUKAS VAN SANT ’21/THE HAWK

Angelo Pizza ’18 bursts onto Philly pizza scene

Sarah Harwick February 16, 2021

A sign inside The Angelo Pizza, an up-and-coming restaurant in the 200 block of Market Street in Philadelphia, reads, “The guy’s name is Angelo Pizza.”  Angelo Pizza ’18 opened the Old City restaurant...

Dashi Hebeja, the owner of La Casa Bella, prepares pizza for customers. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

La Casa Bella: a hidden gem on Main Street Manayunk

Lucy Higgins January 28, 2020

Dashi Hebeja is constantly busy, running around his shop. Holding up two massive homemade pizzas fresh from the oven, he has his hands full. “This is my life, you know?” Hebeja said, placing the...

Overbrook Pizza on 63rd Street. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22

A little slice of family right up the street

Patrick Hotchkiss December 3, 2019

Mid-afternoon on a Tuesday may not be the most popular time to get pizza, but the customers of Overbrook Pizza on North 63rd Street did not seem to notice. A small set of stairs led them into a small...

Pizzeria Vetri cooks its signature pizzas in a wood-fire oven (Photos by DeShawna Briscoe ’19).

The art of pizza

Deshawna Briscoe October 9, 2018

Nestled in the Art Museum section of Philadelphia, Pizzeria Vetri has turned the process of making pizza into an art form. It takes four days for John Sidoti, Pizzeria Vetri’s executive chef, to make...

Santucci's Original Square Pizza sits just four miles from Hawk Hill (Photo by Emily Graham ’20).

A slice of tradition

Rebecca Barus September 11, 2018

St. Joe’s alumni run family pizza business. Two St. Joe’s alumni are carrying on the legacy of their family’s pizza business with a new location they opened in spring 2018 in Roxborough. Santucci’s...

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson '20.

Can I get a pizza this?

Elana Valentin October 16, 2017

Exploring the Instagram-worthy world of pizza cones. _______________________________________________________________________ Imagine an ice cream cone with pizza dough instead of a wafer shell. And instead...

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